The provisions of this chapter apply, in addition to the employers and employees mentioned in article L. 3211-1, to the staff of public industrial and commercial establishments and to the private-law staff of public administrative establishments.
The minimum growth wage guarantees the lowest paid employees: 1° A guarantee of their purchasing power ; 2° Participation in the economic development of the nation.
Clauses in collective labour agreements or agreements that include index-linking to the minimum growth wage or references to the minimum growth wage for the purpose of setting and revising the wages provided for in such agreements or agreements are prohibited.
The guarantee of employees’ purchasing power provided for in 1° of article L. 3231-2 is ensured by indexing the minimum growth wage to changes in the national consumer price index established as a reference by regulation.
When the national consumer price index reaches a level corresponding to an increase of at least 2% compared to the index recorded when the immediately preceding minimum growth wage was established, the minimum growth wage is increased in the same proportion from the first day of the month following publication of the index leading to this increase.
The participation of employees in the economic development of the nation provided for in 2° of article L. 3231-2 is ensured, independently of the application of article L. 3231-4, by setting the minimum growth wage each year with effect from 1st January.
The minimum growth wage rate is set by regulation following a procedure determined by decree.
In no case may the annual increase in the purchasing power of the minimum growth wage be less than half the increase in the purchasing power of average hourly wages recorded by the quarterly survey conducted by the Ministry of Labour. The reference index may be modified by regulation.
Successive annual increases in the minimum growth wage must aim to eliminate any lasting distortion between its increase and changes in general economic conditions and incomes.
During the course of the year, the minimum growth wage may be increased by regulation to a higher level than that resulting from the application of the provisions of article L. 3231-5.
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